With many expecting Hillary Clinton to make another bid for the White House in 2018, a biopic of her early days seems like a pretty good idea. South Korean writer Young Il Kim has written one, which was ranked fourth on the 2012 Black List of the best unproduced screenplays.
Now The Wrap reports that James Ponsoldt, the director behind Smashed and The Spectacular Now, has signed up to direct the movie, which is currently called, Rodham. Set during the time of the Watergate scandal, the story follows Hillary when she is the youngest lawyer chosen for the House Judiciary Committee to Impeach Nixon. She has to choose between a career at the White House and her unresolved feelings for former boyfriend Bill Clinton, who is teaching law in Arkansas at the time of the movie.
The Twilight Saga producers Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are backing the film, and plan to attach an actress to play Hillary before shopping the project to studios. While many top actresses have expressed interest in the role, the movie is still in the early stages of development and nobody has been cast.
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Sam Worthington has to spend much of his life trying to slot in as many movies as he can while waiting for James Cameron to finally say he’s ready to shoot Avatar 2 & 3. It seems he thinks he’s got some time until that happens yet, as he’s signed up for the American Civil War drama, The Keeping Room, according to 
When Matthew Vaughn stepped away from X-Men: Days Of Future Past, he said he would concentrate on the Mark Millar comic book adaptation The Secret Service, instead. He’s been working on it for several years, but now he’s ready to movie forward, with 
When a remake of Annie was announced, Willow Smith was set to star. She decided to step aside and Beasts Of The Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis stepped into the title role. Now the movie may have found its Daddy Warbucks, as Jamie Foxx is in early talks for the Sony Pictures musical.
A-Team and The Grey helmer Joe Carnahan is lining up a new project, as 
Christina Ricci’s venture into TV with Pan Am didn’t work out too well, but now she’s coming back to the big screen, and the latest flick she’s signed up for is the thriller Unmasked, according to 
After years of delays, the follow-up to 300 is finally on its way, with 300: Rise Of An Empire due to hit cinemas this summer. We had the